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Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Altamont Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Altamont Park and the surrounding area.
- Astronomy & Satellites ...
- Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above
website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed
sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
- To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above,
we pass this GPS location for Altamont Park:
- 33.509549, -86.765545
- Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
- Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Altamont Park
- Bird Watching ...
- We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
- The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Jefferson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
- Since Altamont Park is near Shelby County and also Blount County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Shelby County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Blount County
- Waymarking ...
- Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Altamont Park
Communities Also Named Altamont Park ...
We found one communities that are also named Altamont Park.
Within Alabama, the name Altamont Park is unique.
Beyond Alabama, there is another community also named Altamont Park in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Ohio
- Jefferson County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Altamont Park [Jefferson County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Altamont Park ...
As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.
- Cherokee Bend
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Cherokee Bend is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Bend
- Cherokee Forest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Cherokee Forest is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Forest
- English Village
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- English Village is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Village
- Five Points East
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Five Points East is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points East
- Five Points South
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Five Points South is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points South
- Forest Park
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Forest Park is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
- Gate City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Gate City is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gate City
- Glen Iris
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Glen Iris is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Iris
- Grove Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Grove Park is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Park
- Holiday Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Holiday Gardens is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Gardens
- Kingsway Terrace
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Kingsway Terrace is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsway Terrace
- Marks Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Marks Village is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marks Village
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Mountain Brook
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mountain Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Mountain Park is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Park
- Rocky Bridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Rocky Bridge is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Bridge
- Rosedale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rosedale is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
- Twin Bridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Twin Bridge is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Bridge
- Village Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Village Creek is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Creek
- Vulcan City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Vulcan City is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vulcan City
- Woodlawn
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Woodlawn is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
- Woodlawn Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Woodlawn Heights is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn Heights
How Far From Altamont Park to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Altamont Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Altamont Park and extending to:
- Birmingham, which is the Seat of Jefferson County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 82 miles [132 km]<3> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Altamont Park to Montgomery, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 656 miles [1,055.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 38 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,550 miles [10,541.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,259 miles [11,682.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,135 miles [8,264 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Altamont Park could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Altamont Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day. |
| <5> | The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Altamont Park to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Altamont Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.5095, Longitude: -86.7655 In this case, the coordinates for Altamont Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.654 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.26 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.284 degrees. |
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